Street-car fender.



No. 676,768. Patented lune l8, IQOI.

G. A. PARMENTER.

STREET CAR FENDER.

(Application filed Nov. 6, 1900.)

(No Model.)

lilnrirnn Snares Parent GEORGE A. PARMENTER, OF CAMBRIDGEPORT,MASSACHUSETTS.

STREET-CAR FENDER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 676,768, dated June 18,1901.

Application filed November 6, 1900. Serial No. 35,629. (No'inodnh) T0LtZZ whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, GEORGE A. PARMENTER, a citizen of the United States,residing at Oambridgeport, Massachusetts, have invented certain new anduseful Improvements in Street-Gar Fenders, of which the following is aspecification.

My invention relates to improvements in street-car fenders of the typeknown as trip and drop-scoop. I have aimed to provide a construction inwhich the scoop proper shall be so hung as to drop quickly by gravityalone without the necessity of springs and have also aimed to free itfrom positive connection with the releasing devices, whereby there willbe no parts the inertia of which will impede the instant descent of thescoop.

The invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in WhichFigure 1 is a side elevation showing a sufficient portion of a car toillustrate the appli' cation of the invention. Fig. 2 is a partial planView, and Fig. 3 is a detail.

In the drawings, D represents the scoop, which is constructed insubstantially the ordinary manner, having a horizontally-proj ectin gportion (Z and an upwardly-projecting portion d. This scoop is pivotedat the upper edge of this portion d to brackets E, (one only beingshown,) carried by the transverse bar F of the car-truck. In order toretain the scoop in theelevated position, (indicated by full lines inFig. 1,) I provide a verticallym oving slide or looking member B,carrying an abutment b at its lower end, designed to abut against therear portion d of the scoop. An angle-lever A is pivoted at theswiveling point of the scoop, which has its rearwardlyextending arm aengaging a recess 1) in the slide B.

H represents the swinging trip, of the ordinaryor any desiredform,pivotally supported by the brackets h and from the upper end ofwhich the trip-rods K K extend back to the arm a of the angle-lever Ct.It will thus be seen that when the trip is swung rearwardly the forwardpull upon the rods K K will rock the bell-crank lever, raising the slideand removing the projection thereon from engagement with the cross-barof the scoop, thus permitting the scoop to instantly drop.

The brackets E are preferably provided with open journalsockets c, inwhich the up per transverse rod D of the scoop rests, whereby the scoopmay be readily detached when desired.

In order to prevent jumping of the scoop in passing over irregularitiesof the track, I provide a downwardly-omending tongue or hook b designedto engage the transverse bar 01 forming the rear portion of the scoopabove referred to. Attention is also called to the fact that by pivotingthe scoop from its upper edge the front edge swings slightly toward therear in dropping and relieves to a considerable extent the tendency tojump as it strikes the track.

Having thus described my invention, What I claim is-- 1. A car-fendercomprising a scoop having an upwardly-extending portion pivoted to thecar, a movable locking member in rear of and independent of the scoopbut abutting thereagainst below the point of pivotal connection forholding the scoop elevated, a trip and connections therefrom to saidlocking member for moving the latter, substantially as described.

2. A car-fender comprising a scoop having an upwardly-extendin g portionpivoted to the car, a movable locking member for abutting against thelower part of the scoop for holding it elevated, an angle-lever havingone arm engaging said movable locking member, a trip, and connectionstherefrom to said angle-lever, substantially as described.

3. A car-fender comprising a scoop having an n pwardly-extendin gportion pivoted to the car and a transverse rod on its rear lowerportion, a movable locking member abutting against said transverse bar,a finger or projection on said locking memberengaging said bar, andmeans for operating said locking member, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

GEORGE A. PARMENTER.

Witnesses:

HENRY E. Coornn, JAMEs M. SPEAR.

